Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing

Name: Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Lydia Peelle
ISBN: 9781461804130

Author: Lydia Peelle

Narrator: Tom Stechschulte, Scott Sowers, Thérèse Plummer, Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/01/2011

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories, Science Fiction

Synopsis

The compelling short stories of Lydia Peelle have earned her two Pushcart Prizes, an O. Henry Award, and publication in Best New American Voices. This debut collection brings together eight superbly crafted stories that peer deeply into the human heart, exploring lives derailed by the loss of a vital connection to the land and to the natural world of which they are a part.

About Lydia Peelle

Lydia Peelle is the author of the novel The Midnight Cool and the story collection Reasons For and Advantages of Breathing, which received an honorable mention for the PEN/Hemingway Award. She received her MFA from the University of Virginia and has been a fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Ucross, Yaddo, and Ragdale. Peelle is a recipient of two Pushcart Prizes, an O. Henry Prize, the National Book Foundation's ""5 Under 35"" honor, and a Whiting Award, as well as the Anahid Award for Emerging Armenian-American writers. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sue on December 19, 2013

Wonderful collection of stories set primarily in the deep South and in rural areas where people are dependent to varying degrees on the land and what it gives and takes. There is a mark of desperation in many of the characters, young and old, male and female, searching for happiness, money, friendsh......more

Goodreads review by Akshansh on May 23, 2018

'Se le perdió algo'......more

Goodreads review by Ella on August 13, 2009

brilliant literary genius.......more

Goodreads review by Jim on April 12, 2017

A wonderful collection of stories. I picked up the book in order to read the first story, "Mule Killers," and found that each story was strong and worthy. Highly recommended.......more